The Health Care Directive, Aging, and the Right to Live

Mark Paddler poses the question "Can a nursing home that does a great job in so many ways also exploit the purposes of the health care directive to pursue their own interests?" This first time author tells his story from the point of view of family members trying to understand health care rights, hospice rights, and health care directives.

THE HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVE, AGING, AND THE RIGHT TO LIVE tells the story of an elderly woman's passage through end-of-life health care. Important topics for our aging population include: ambiguity in health care directives, conflict of interest in nursing homes, and family disagreements regarding care for their loved one.